Does Anxiety Cause Eye Flashes?

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  • Опубликовано: 26 дек 2024

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  • @aussie114
    @aussie114 8 месяцев назад +22

    Could be that anxiety makes you hyper aware of everything so it's not the frequency that is increasing but your awareness of them.

    • @Solars.number1fan
      @Solars.number1fan 3 месяца назад +1

      Honestly I think that stress/anxiety does make you see them. There was a time when I was stressing a lot about my vision being bad and I didn't sleep well either. I was seeing some flashes from the corner of my left eye until I sorta overcame my anxiety. Rn I'm dealing with conjunctivitis and dry eye. I also realized that I have 1-2 floaters. I'm trying not to stress because of it. After all I visited the ophthalmology two times and they didn't say anything about my vision being bad. They only said that I have slight discharge in my eyes (conjunctivitis).

  • @jinksy2860
    @jinksy2860 4 месяца назад +3

    Absolutely bang on ,had so many eye exams and fine , this is now making sense , ANXIETY YEP

  • @jeffarcher400
    @jeffarcher400 Год назад +10

    It's also possible that the floaters create anxiety. I was constantly startled by floaters like something was coming at me or a bird was taking off.
    Then nothing is there and it's like boo! Made you flinch over and over.
    You might start to get anxious.
    When my eyes dart is when I get flashes so as I nervously look around it starts them off.
    Plus the anxiety may be the body warning that there's damage since there's no pain receptors.
    Whenever I have been seriously injured I get a feeling something is wrong besides the obvious pain.
    When my eye is acting up I get that same feeling only without any pain.
    Been trying serrapeptase and nattokinase for arthritis and it seems to be helping dissolve the floaters.
    Also trying a vitamin called Areds2 from Costco.

  • @thewriterchick134
    @thewriterchick134 8 месяцев назад +19

    Hi, I don't know if this will help anyone but I started seeing the little lights in my right eye as I was going to sleep in a dark room. It was as though someone was shining a mini flashlight in the corner of my eye and it moved around for a bit. Then it started in my left eye. About a year later I had emergency eye surgery to repair a detached retina in the right eye and eleven months later, emergency surgery for a torn retina in the left. I see still the lights especially in a dark room or one with dim lighting. I don't see them outside. I have been to nine different specialists. Two with Johns Hopkins and two with Cincinatti Eye Institute in Ohio and Kentucky, I even had an MRI of my brain. I have had every exam, scan, and tests. The results were... my eyes were perfectly fine! Although relieved, I want to know what is causing them. So, I saw a therapist who said yes, anxiety will cause eye issues such as flashing and if you already have them, anxiety will make them worse. I am dealing with anxiety at the moment and the lights are bothering me. On other days, I rarely notice them. I have my 6- month eye checkup tomorrow.

    • @aqhasassy
      @aqhasassy 7 месяцев назад +3

      Thank you. This was helpful.

    • @Anonymissus
      @Anonymissus 5 месяцев назад

      do you know the process behind how anxiety causes eye flashes exactly? (I'm asking because I'm genuinely curious and I myself do not have the answers)

    • @Vindicated28
      @Vindicated28 3 месяца назад +1

      Thanks for sharing. I have having the same issue in both eyes. Like a lighting that goes fast around my eyes someties. It feels like something inside. But there’s nothing and I’ve been having this for weeks already. I have problems with anxiety

  • @carolinewise3135
    @carolinewise3135 Год назад +15

    I was attacked by 6 people a year ago, I ended up with flashes and floaters a week later. I fight breast cancer and a brain tumour and the blows and trauma to my head has caused this.

    • @debbie9340
      @debbie9340 11 месяцев назад +4

      Im so sorry. I wish you well ❤

    • @regine5285
      @regine5285 11 месяцев назад +1

    • @cocogaming4974
      @cocogaming4974 11 месяцев назад +2

    • @lorireece1970
      @lorireece1970 10 месяцев назад +6

      I’m so sorry you went through that. You’re obviously a strong survivor. Stay strong. I wish you well.

    • @Songfulone
      @Songfulone 6 месяцев назад

  • @EDZEN94
    @EDZEN94 Год назад +8

    Good video, also appreciate your positive energy when explaining! earned a sub.

  • @Nikowithak
    @Nikowithak 9 месяцев назад +2

    i know EXACTLY what you are talking about! thanks

  • @The_Collector323
    @The_Collector323 2 года назад +8

    Thank u so much but my coming from PTSD I think I'm going to a therapist 😞

  • @Bentajuma-md7fn
    @Bentajuma-md7fn 10 месяцев назад +5

    I was diagnosed with anxiety three years ago and now I have problem with my eyes,i even went to the doctor and nothing seems to be wrong with my eyes.My problem is I can't see eye to eye,and when I do so I feel funny.. what might be wrong, it's real serious

    • @LILFR34K59
      @LILFR34K59 7 месяцев назад +1

      Most likely if your parents have bad eyesight you can get it too, anxiety makes it worse since your thinking about it so I’m going to an eye doctor today so ye I’ll update soon

  • @rivetRnC
    @rivetRnC Год назад +8

    Ive seen all of these throughout my whole life. My first memories are thinking what are these flashing lights in me eyes

    • @benjaminreyes3624
      @benjaminreyes3624 Год назад +3

      Im afraid of going blind

    • @rivetRnC
      @rivetRnC Год назад +2

      @@benjaminreyes3624 I also am a bit afraid, but I'd rather go blind than deaf

    • @NeslaSherry
      @NeslaSherry Год назад +3

      @@benjaminreyes3624can you tell what is the shape of flashes when you see day or night plz rply

    • @NeslaSherry
      @NeslaSherry Год назад +3

      @@rivetRnCcan you plz say what shape is flashes can you say details how you are seeing them

    • @NeslaSherry
      @NeslaSherry Год назад

      @@benjaminreyes3624plz reply

  • @darrenhirst9900
    @darrenhirst9900 11 месяцев назад +3

    When your eye gets arrested for flashing 😂
    Thanks for the video.

  • @lyv8627
    @lyv8627 Год назад +7

    Your explanation is so good and thorough! It is because of it I’m going to my optometrist tomorrow. I mean my floating jellies and flashing started two days ago and I just recently had an eye exam for new contact lenses and eyeglasses that I picked up yesterday. What are the chances of my doctor seeing them when I hadn’t yet? 😊

  • @benjaminmesa1089
    @benjaminmesa1089 Год назад +10

    I mean, I've had these since I was 15, and I am 35 now.

  • @sylviegamboa106
    @sylviegamboa106 10 дней назад

    I have PTSD and Panic Attacks and I don't see floaters but I do see flashes and I only see them when I'm going thru intense depression and anxiety.

  • @deref7329
    @deref7329 Год назад +2

    Very well explained, thanks!

  • @sketchartphoto8117
    @sketchartphoto8117 Год назад +4

    yes the chicken or the egg.
    for me...
    flashers more often in an anxiety state

  • @zimbyasmr
    @zimbyasmr 5 месяцев назад +3

    My anxiety flared up hardcore one day a few months ago. I started having bad muscle twitches all over my body. I had to start a anxiety med and the twitching has died down a lot but like a month after that panic attack I started seeing a white flash in the edge of my eye maybe 6-8 times a day. I've been to the eye doctor and he says everything looks good on the inside of my eye so I'm thinking maybe it's something twitching causing it.

    • @Vindicated28
      @Vindicated28 3 месяца назад +1

      I see the same around my eyes. Sometimes its soft and white sometimes like fire. Just goes around fast. I have anxiety issue as well. Do they ever go away ?

    • @zimbyasmr
      @zimbyasmr 3 месяца назад +1

      @Vindicated28 mine are still happening. I told the eye doc and he acted like it wasn't anything. He said if it was retna issues then it would happen constantly but he also got picture of the insides of both eyes and said if anything looked out of place he would call. I never got a call so I guess it's anxiety

  • @elsenorecabra2405
    @elsenorecabra2405 Год назад +9

    Man I've had problems ever since i was little and it just got worse this year..... I got panic disorder , PTSD , feeling unreal and having really bad intrusive thoughts .... And right now just few minutes ago I saw the flashes i suddenly got up from my bed and ran to my mom's room anxious , fast heartbeat and heavy head... Now I'm back in my room scared asf ... For a long time my all problems were gone but now they're back , I'm feeling unreal , scared again..... Tho few of them started happening few days back it was a sign that I ignored.... Idk how Ami alive rn after what I've been through , I'm alone all the time i suffer alot .... My life is meaningless...... 😢 I'm dead from inside.... It keeps coming back.... I don't wanna die I'm just 16 tho I'm going nowhere in life...... One day

    • @elsenorecabra2405
      @elsenorecabra2405 Год назад

      @@NeslaSherry i only saw them once.... While i was laying down on my pillow.... i saw gold sparkles running around on both sides of my eyes for a few seconds.... And i panicked tho my lifestyle is very unhealthy I blame it for my current problems.... Welp will know more once i visit th doctor

    • @Monahassan8
      @Monahassan8 Год назад +2

      EVERYTHING you said is whats happening to me. I am only 13 and im scared i feel unreal i feel too aware about life. i cant look at light for a long time without feeling like fainting. My whole life ive starred at screens everyday and now my vision is bad. I have alot of anxiety im afraid what will happen to me... i am turning blind which scares me i dont know what will happen if i go blind i dont know if ill go crazy or not. My eyes hurt everyday and when i look around it gete worse. My family is poor and wont have enough money to check my eyes. Im scared for my life. Maybe im just paranoid?

    • @Monahassan8
      @Monahassan8 Год назад +2

      I also dont want to die :( even if i did have a unlucky life, i dont want to leave. I want to live happy and be succesful in life.

    • @NicoleGurley39
      @NicoleGurley39 Год назад +1

      Have you heard voices too

    • @NicoleGurley39
      @NicoleGurley39 Год назад +1

      I seen them too

  • @garydunn3037
    @garydunn3037 4 месяца назад +1

    Over the last few months I have began to get blurry vision in my left eye. This was
    noticeable whilst watching TV. I was constantly cleaning the left lens on my glasses
    but began to realize it was not the lens, but my left eye. I have diabetes, and my sugar
    levels a quite high most of the time. I went for a diabetic retinopathy test last month,
    and the told me they failed to get good pictures of my retina's. So, I now have to go
    for a "Slit Lamp" test. What does that entail? And, what are they looking for?

    • @summaiyarobi4915
      @summaiyarobi4915 2 месяца назад

      Hi I work for this department they basically check your eyes through a little microscope and check for any damages due to the diabetes xx

    • @garydunn3037
      @garydunn3037 2 месяца назад

      @@summaiyarobi4915 Thank you for your comment. The one thing I fear
      ia having "Eye Surgery" as I live alone, and don't want to become blind.

    • @garydunn3037
      @garydunn3037 2 месяца назад

      @@summaiyarobi4915 I lost my Father back in 2013 and my Mother died
      in March of this year 2924,

  • @ismaelalaoui4233
    @ismaelalaoui4233 7 месяцев назад +2

    I had these in the past always tend to ignore it, until yesterday and this morning the flashes were happening more often as i got more stressed and i'm on antipsychotics meds, i thought they were hallucinations because my eyes got checked and apparently there's nothing wrong abt them! so i don't really know, they are making me go crazy, sometimes i would stop in the middle of the road and ask my friends if they have seen a camera flash! guys, how can i get rid of this?

    • @lovleyjewls4647
      @lovleyjewls4647 6 месяцев назад +2

      I’m dealing with this right now as well any update? How are you now

    • @Solars.number1fan
      @Solars.number1fan 3 месяца назад

      ​@@lovleyjewls4647 Hi! How are you doing rn? Did you check it out? I very rarely see small flashes in the corner of my left eye but I was at ophthalmology yesterday and last weekend on Friday too. They didn't see anything wrong with my eye/they didn't see anything. I have been really stressed and I have anxiety rn so I'm wondering if that's what causes them. School starts soon so I can't even go back where I was but I'll get my eye checked out near my school too and I'll update you if you want me to. I saw flickering lights too for a few seconds which made me really scared. I have dry eye and conjunctivitis too which is worse in my left eye so I'm honestly hoping that's the problem.

  • @juliothecowboy
    @juliothecowboy Год назад +3

    Thanks brother!!

  • @Networking36
    @Networking36 2 года назад +3

    Thanks for the video…

  • @fizamasroor492
    @fizamasroor492 9 месяцев назад +2

    What can i do i see rainbow eyes and eye flashes like light spark from bulb

    • @Solars.number1fan
      @Solars.number1fan 3 месяца назад

      Hello! The rainbow thing could be visual migraine. I had that too. But it disappeard for me and the eye doctor didn't see anything wrong with my eye. Now the flashes. I saw them last night, it was like when a bulb is yk is not working right anymore. That stopped after a few seconds too. Now sometimes I see small flashes in the corner of my left eye but sadly I can't go back to ophthalmology because it's already closed and school starts for me soon. I'll try to check my eye out there if I can.
      How are you doing btw? Did you get it checked out?

  • @gloria84073
    @gloria84073 2 месяца назад +2

    Think stress or anxiety is one of the causes. I start having floaters first time in my life since 4 days ago. Trying not overuse my eyes by not spending too much time on the phone or screen.💥💕✌️✨️

  • @codywilson4938
    @codywilson4938 9 месяцев назад

    Do you have a video about scheerers phenomenon? I've been seeing it everywhere when I don't want to and it's bothering me :/ Curious why I can see this indoors without blue light that I'm aware of.

  • @heraqueen5854
    @heraqueen5854 Год назад

    Eska solution btay dyn plz

  • @Nikowithak
    @Nikowithak 9 месяцев назад +1

    IT CANNOT BE AGE! I have had it since 5 y/o. no ingories or diabites.

    • @codywilson4938
      @codywilson4938 9 месяцев назад +1

      Pretty much everybody can get floaters very early in life. They are often small and not very noticeable. You could ask your doctor about eye drops that slightly dilate your eyes as these can make it harder to see the floaters.

    • @HBKilluminati7
      @HBKilluminati7 8 месяцев назад +1

      Age is age. Doesn’t mean old. Doesn’t mean young. Everyone’s body ages differently at different rates

    • @DARKHOUSESTUDIOSOFFICIAL
      @DARKHOUSESTUDIOSOFFICIAL 6 месяцев назад +2

      Same here. I have had floaters and flashes since I was around 8. I am 53 now. Also, I just watched a video here on RUclips from a really great eye doctor who says it can be caused my anxiety.

  • @debbie9340
    @debbie9340 11 месяцев назад +1

    Helpful thank you

  • @heraqueen5854
    @heraqueen5854 Год назад

    Aslam o alaikum sir mri eyes mei pedashi msla h eyes mei light lgti h jb m tez dhop se rom mei aon ya rom se tez dhop mei jao m bht doctor ko chkp krwaya wo khty eska koi ilaj ni h koch sal bad nzr wsy khtm hu jay gi😥😭😭😭

  • @bbqsauceribs
    @bbqsauceribs 7 месяцев назад

    So im not going blind with these floaters ?

  • @Phill_upnext
    @Phill_upnext Год назад +9

    What if the flash is white?

    • @therandomisedo7175
      @therandomisedo7175 Год назад +2

      How are you now I see them too

    • @Phill_upnext
      @Phill_upnext Год назад

      @@therandomisedo7175 I’m doing better it was just my anxiety don’t see them anymore starting to recover you should still get it checked out though just In case.

    • @DARKHOUSESTUDIOSOFFICIAL
      @DARKHOUSESTUDIOSOFFICIAL 6 месяцев назад +4

      Most flashes are white. I have had them for over 40 years. It's normal.

    • @Anonymissus
      @Anonymissus 5 месяцев назад

      @@DARKHOUSESTUDIOSOFFICIAL what if it's a different color tho other than white?, I've been seeing green, orange, purple flashes coming from just my right eye randomly sometimes, I might have anxiety and that might be the cause of it but I'm not sure

    • @DARKHOUSESTUDIOSOFFICIAL
      @DARKHOUSESTUDIOSOFFICIAL 4 месяца назад +2

      @@Anonymissus I've heard that they can be other colors as well. Or it could be posterior vitreous detachment.

  • @dempseychannel1531
    @dempseychannel1531 Год назад +5

    Im 21 and i have it

    • @sovietonion1917
      @sovietonion1917 Месяц назад

      19 just had sparklers for the first time

  • @darrellfontenot8980
    @darrellfontenot8980 2 года назад

    You are KING 👑 !!!!

  • @patrioticram5979
    @patrioticram5979 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much man

  • @noorbhatia
    @noorbhatia Год назад +1

    Good ❤ from india

  • @mikenelson7055
    @mikenelson7055 Месяц назад

    Has anyone ever told you that you look like Kristaps Porzingus

  • @codywilson4938
    @codywilson4938 9 месяцев назад

    One could call this galactic joke, some vitreous humor.